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dasecret
post Jan 14 2015, 11:38 AM

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Thought I'll mention it here

Been planning a family trip for 2A, 1C and 1 infant to europe during raya break.
Since I didn't have enough enrich points to do full redemption for 2A 1C. I purchased 1A 1C for upgrade and 1A redemption. Note: infant ticket has to be purchased outright. Good thing it only costs 10% of business ticket.

The cost to upgrade increased slightly actually, it costs RM600 per person for the return upgrade. The CS mentioned it's based on the difference between economy taxes and the full redemption taxes.

Wished I could wait for 50% discount on redemption or upgrade, but since I'm going during peak period, I didn't want to take my chances. The upgrade is no longer available for london on my selected dates and for Amsterdam, only 2 seats available for upgrade.

The most important conclusion is, my total cost for the flight is slightly less than booking entire family on economy flight, but entire family is going on business flight rclxm9.gif
Thank you very much, various credit card companies thumbup.gif

This post has been edited by dasecret: Jan 14 2015, 11:40 AM
dasecret
post Jan 14 2015, 06:49 PM

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QUOTE(Gen-X @ Jan 14 2015, 03:29 PM)
Yah, get to fly Business Class for less then Economy ticket smile.gif

In my article A Little Bit Of This and A Little Bit Of That Vol.1, Chapter V - I  shared that I was told by a MAS representative that if one is intending to visit Paris and London, it'll be cheaper if one was to fly from KL to London and then take the return flight back to KL from Paris. Reason being, the airport tax imposed at London Heathrow is very high. And I was told one has to pay RM600 when upgrading to Business Class for flight London to KLIA.

In the same article mentioned above, I shared that I had to pay USD45 and USD29.80 to upgrade my son's and sister tickets from Paris to KL (they bought JFK-CDG-KL). And guess what? I also bought my daughter return Economy ticket KL/Paris and managed to upgrade her return flight Paris to KL to Business Class without paying a sen!!! And in my article I have an image that summarized how much I paid for surcharges and taxes for the "FREE" Business Class KL to Paris and London to KL.

Now, few months ago my uncle did manage to upgrade her daughter's London to KL flight to Business Class (her ticket Economy return KL/London) for FREE (i.e. no additional surcharge or taxes)!!!

So Bro, you mentioned RM600 per person for the return. Is it from London?
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Nope, Amsterdam return.
dasecret
post Jan 15 2015, 12:05 PM

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QUOTE(maiself @ Jan 14 2015, 09:46 PM)
Sometimes MAS only deduct 35k EM (No TAX) for 1 way ticket
Sometimes 35k EM + RM300 CDG-KUL (NOV 2014)
Sometimes 35k EM + RM475 CDG-KUL (DEC 2014)

not sure how they calculate the tax
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According to the CS the tax is calculated based on tax for business class - tax for the economy ticket you paid for
So the case when there is no tax could be because you bought an expensive economy ticket?

 

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